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WEEKEND PROJECT

Your super-speedy guide to giving your room an instant makeover

Create glowing pinpoints of light that bounce off your walls after dark with these elegant asymmetric lumières

This month, celebrate the change in season with countryside-inspired homeware designs, learn the art of still-life oil painting and decorate with classic stripes

1 Before you start, place a dust sheet over the hob and worktop. Use sugar soap to remove any grease and grime from the wall, then rinse and leave to dry completely. Depending on the tiles you’ve chos

We inherited a typical 1930s layout of a rectangular bathroom and a separate loo that wasn’t suitable for us. With a teenager and a younger child, we knew we had to change things quickly after moving